Originally Posted by
janiebakes
But doesn't your machine eat the corner of your leader?
Only the first one, when you begin, perhaps. The rest will never begin with a loose thread, it follows the previous piece, patch, etc. and sits under the needle until you feed the next piece, patch etc. I guess after the first one they are all 'enders'.
It speaks to my frugle genes, no thread is ever wasted; nor scraps for that matter as my leaders/enders are either 2/5" squares or string QAYG blocks.